Industrial People

The industrial transport and distribution process is driven by the pressure to meet your customers’ deadlines. Our experience and local knowledge lets you meet every promise to every customer.

Inbound to production

Operating production plants in the industrial sector is orchestrated to meet the production rhythms of your final customers and deliver promised levels of service. Your inbound supply chain must respond promptly to changes in product specifications and the volatility of customer demand. This can require countless stock keeping units from thousands of suppliers.

The complexity of industrial logistics is stressed by the need to keep production costs under strict control. With razor-thin margins, efficiency is everything. Your production line needs to run like clockwork.

We can improve your industrial supply chain, including:

2-4% reduction in inventory pipeline costs with faster and more reliable delivery

Up to 60% reduction in likelihood of line stoppage due to transport-related issues

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Finished goods

We understand the complexity of distribution networks for industrial products. Employing multiple decoupling points and served by multiple carriers, these distribution networks offer limited visibility, are vulnerable to disruption, and complicate inventory management.That is why we offer you reach, speed and transparency of distribution — powered by TNT’s European road network and complemented by our ability to combine this with dedicated first- and last-mile delivery. With market-leading expertise, our industrial people ensure your customers and channel partners receive their orders exactly when they need them.

We can improve your industrial supply chain, including:

2-5% reduction in inventory pipeline costs with faster and more reliable delivery

Up to 30% reduction in likelihood of failed delivery penalties due to transportation related issues

3-10% reduction in loss of sales by improving product availability

Up to 40% reduction in administration costs by handling less carriers

Our service

On 92% of lanes we are faster or equal to the competition on the road

We deliver to 20% more destinations in Europe within 48 hours by road

Our road network is optimised for parcels and pallets up to 1000 kg

We can offer more options for first- and last-mile delivery

Our people

Our industrial service desk has better local planning capabilities, leading to 1.5% better service performance.

Our dedicated industrial team proactively monitors shipments from collection to delivery, activates service recovery (if necessary), and provides you with complete visibility over the shipping process.